AMBIENTE E CLIMA

Italia, Germania, Comece

Italia: il messaggio dei vescoviL’impatto ambientale della cosiddetta società dei consumi “sta diventando insopportabile per il pianeta e per l’umanità che lo abita, imponendone il ripensamento radicale”. E’ il filo conduttore del Messaggio della Conferenza episcopale italiana per la III Giornata per la salvaguardia del creato (1° settembre 2008) su “Una nuova sobrietà per abitare […]

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PROFUGHI IRAQ

L’Ue non si defili

“Non si può più perdere tempo; l’Unione europea deve assumersi le proprie responsabilità e farsi carico della ricollocazione delle minoranze non musulmane fuggite dall’Iraq; gli Stati membri si muoveranno soltanto quando la decisione verrà presa a livello comunitario”: lo ha detto al Sir Otmar Oehring, capo della sezione diritti dell’uomo di Missio, Opera missionaria cattolica […]

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TURCHIA

Nel nome di Paolo

In un’intervista a SIR Europa il segretario generale della Conferenza episcopale turca, padre Mauro Pesce, fa il punto dei preparativi in vista dell’Anno Paolino che sarà aperto da Benedetto XVI il 28 giugno prossimo nella basilica di san Paolo fuori le mura, a Roma. Il 22 giugno, per l’apertura in Turchia, ci sarà anche il […]

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FRONT PAGE

An occasion not to be wasted

The European Union has established 2008 as the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. Since its birth under the Treaty of Rome in 1957, the EU has risen from 6 to 27 member countries, enlarged its frontiers, and opened itself up to influxes of immigrants, old and new, speaking a great variety of languages. Europe is […]

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COMECE

Citizens’ upsurge

“From the social standpoint, the modified Treaty won’t bring Europe consistent changes”; after all “solidarity and social progress require much more than mere institutional provisions”. The statement is part of an editorial by Pierre Defraigne, director of Eur-Ifri (French branch of the International Relations institution) who analysed the social bearing of the new European Institutional […]

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THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

The seven spheres of action

A housing policy “that will allow all citizens to have a home”; more job opportunities and training; efficient health services “and greater solidarity between generations”. Luc Van Den Brande, elected President of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union depicted Europe in concrete terms. The Belgian politician will hold office for two years […]

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ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE

Italy, Germany, Comece

Italy: message of the bishopsThe environmental impact of so-called consumer society “is becoming insupportable for the planet and for the human population that inhabits it. It imposes on man the need for a radical rethink”. That’s the gist of the Message that the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI) has issued to mark the third Day for […]

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IRAQI REFUGEES

The EU mustn’t back off

“No more time should be wasted; the European Union must take its responsibility and its load of reintegrating non-Muslim minorities fled from Iraq; Member States will act only when the decision will have been taken at Community level”. These words were pronounced to SIR by Otmar Oehring , head of the human rights division of […]

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TURKEY

In the name of Paul

In an interview to SirEuropa, the Secretary General of Turkey’s Episcopal Conference, Father Mauro Pesce , gives an overview on preparations for the Pauline Year which Benedict XVI will inaugurate next June 28 in Rome’s Saint Paul’s Basilica Outside the Walls. On June 22, the opening will be attended also by Turkey’s Premier Erdogan. Important […]

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FRANCE

A juridical bundle

The debate spread throughout Europe. In Italy, a letter signed by the directors of obstetric and gynecology clinics of Rome’s universities caused an uproar. It states that therapeutically aborted fetuses have a right to be reanimated even against their mother’s will. “This treatment should be given to whoever has chances of survival. A 23-week newborn […]

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